Agree. The older you get, the longer your life expectancy. An 82 year old has a much better chance of making it to 84, than an 18 year old.
I suspect it is more than just COVID, but what made a lot of older people susceptible to COVID was that they are already unhealthy, obesity being the biggest problem. The greatest generation has died …
Agree. The older you get, the longer your life expectancy. An 82 year old has a much better chance of making it to 84, than an 18 year old.
I suspect it is more than just COVID, but what made a lot of older people susceptible to COVID was that they are already unhealthy, obesity being the biggest problem. The greatest generation has died off, leaving the silent generation as the last generation of relatively thin (not all of them) people. But now the silent types are on their way out, and the baby boomers are on deck and much fatter, so does not surprise me that the average age has decreased as silent types and baby boomers became the ones dying off.
Agree. The older you get, the longer your life expectancy. An 82 year old has a much better chance of making it to 84, than an 18 year old.
I suspect it is more than just COVID, but what made a lot of older people susceptible to COVID was that they are already unhealthy, obesity being the biggest problem. The greatest generation has died off, leaving the silent generation as the last generation of relatively thin (not all of them) people. But now the silent types are on their way out, and the baby boomers are on deck and much fatter, so does not surprise me that the average age has decreased as silent types and baby boomers became the ones dying off.